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Aug 10, 2023 • 25min

New Beginnings

 Is the ad tech freeze starting to thaw? The tides may be changing after a private equity firm bought Cadent for $600 million this week. Plus: Programmatic ads hit the big screen, brought to you by National CineMedia.
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Aug 3, 2023 • 31min

We’re Going On A Treasure Hunt

Why DoubleVerify is acquiring Scibids. Plus: How the ascent of YouTube TV has led to CTV advertisers landing premium inventory for a song.
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Jul 27, 2023 • 35min

The Downstream Effects Of MediaMath Bankruptcy - E254

Publishers are feeling the ripple effects from MediaMath’s bankruptcy, as SSPs claw back media spend. Plus, Twitter rebrands to X.
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Jul 20, 2023 • 32min

YouTube’s Proclivity For The Opaque - E253

We dive into the muck that is YouTube’s partner network. Plus, how that lack of transparency relates to its burgeoning YouTube TV supply.
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Jul 13, 2023 • 39min

MediaMath’s Bankruptcy Fallout - E252

Get the inside baseball on MediaMath’s bankruptcy. Plus,what its demise means for the rest of ad tech.
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Jun 29, 2023 • 42min

Just Give Me Transparency, Already - E251

Why retail media is going in-house. Plus, Prebid.org’s latest update addresses three biggies: SPO, data privacy and the end of third-party cookies:
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Jun 22, 2023 • 41min

Candid Cannes - E250

"How did they let us into this thing?" After a week at the Cannes Lions, Sarah and Allison share what they learned from advertising's networking festival, set against the backdrop of White Lotus and Below Deck.
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Jun 15, 2023 • 41min

The AI Gold Rush - E249

Everyone is infusing their tech with generative AI, from startups to Salesforce to Google. Understand the throughlines of these product updates. Plus, the challenge of finding publisher playmates in the Privacy Sandbox
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Jun 8, 2023 • 40min

Trouble In The Twitterverse - E248

 Twitter ad revenue is down, brand safety is MIA and the product appears to be breaking. As newly appointed Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino starts her first week on the job, can she engineer a turnaround? Plus: the launch of The Trade Desk’s Kokai and Apple’s privacy manifests.
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Jun 1, 2023 • 42min

GDPR Turns Five - E247

Happy birthday, GDPR! On this week’s episode, we dissect how GDPR, now five years old – and a few billion dollars accumulated in fines – has affected the online economy. We also dissect the end of AddThis, a third-party data company and GDPR casualty.

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